Editorial by Charlotte Observer, March 3, 2014. State regulators announced Monday that they were citing Duke Energy for not having certain permits the law requires. State regulators did not announce... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 5, 2014. Trust us, state officials say, a High Point consultant earned every penny of the $310,000 in tax money he made last year for less than 11 months... Read More
A public records request filed by the Civitas Institute confirms that the UNC Poverty Center continues to use publicly funded resources for blatantly political activities in ways that are... Read More
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, March 3, 2014. Department of Motor Vehicles computers that handle inspection reports aren't working correctly. The system is delaying or losing tens of thousands of... Read More
The recent polarization of American politics has been far more obvious on the right than the left. The emergence of the tea party movement and its influence in Congress has brought to the fore... Read More
Editorial by News and Observer, March 4, 2014. There are indications that some boards of education in North Carolina may take lawmakers to school over attempts to get teachers to trade their tenure... Read More
by Associated Press, published in Asheville Citizen-Times, March 4, 2014. North Carolina state Sen. Martin Nesbitt of Asheville has stepped down as the Senate’s minority leader because of a recent... Read More
by Jane Stancill, News and Observer, March 4, 2014. Art Pope, the state budget director, has kicked the UNC system’s budget proposal back to the Board of Governors for a rewrite, saying it “simply... Read More
And so it begins again. Filing is over, and the 2014 election cycle is off and running. North Carolinians will elect a U.S. senator and 13 U.S. representatives to serve in Washington. We will elect... Read More
